>Is YC simply going to moderate posts about their own startups at will? Especially when everything is, fact for fact, true? I had a HN account for a few months

>Is YC simply going to moderate posts about their own startups at will? Especially when everything is, fact for fact, true? I had a HN account for a few months, my posts were getting generally positive responses. Then I made a comment containing criticism of the YC startup the article was about. I think it was fair criticism, I just gave my reasons I couldn't trust their service enough to use it. It was my highest-rated comment ever, and sparked a fair bit of discussion so I think the community tended to at least agree that I had a point. The next day HN got a lot slower and every new comment I made stayed at 1 point permanently and were never replied to. It seemed funny, I was used to getting at least a few points on my quickest made comments. When I logged out everything was fast again and my new comments were nowhere to be seen. I had been shaddowbanned and slowbanned. So your question should not be "Is YC simply going to...". They already do that.